Nice EK2 document signed by Max Pfeiffer the guy was evacuated through illness only to die a year later in Montenegro fighting partizans.
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Very nice piece! One of the Stalingrad Divisions I know almost nothing about. Are there any good books or websites on this Division?
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Photo of the recipient
His death card shows he died in anti partizan operations in Montenegro in November 1943.The 279 th was reconstituted in 1943.There is no Wound badge mentioned on the sterbebild hence logic suggests he contracted a disease and was flown out.There are other bits and bobs including an IAB urkunde.Here is his photoComment
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It is possible he was sheared of his Division as the 297th was the southern most German Division during the Russian offensive and took, together with the Rumanians, the brunt of the force. There is also the possibility he was on leave during the offensive.
Sadly no way of knowing,
Nice one nevertheless
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Thanks Mats
Whilst possible I think leave would be an outside bet , more likely some horrible disease.Comment
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